The Madness of King George

19 Jun 1995

Monday 19 June 1995

'Being the Prince of Wales is not a position; it's a predicament,' declares Rupert Everett in The Madness of King George. So nothing changes. Rupert's own predicament on the night of the première was whether or not to come with his mother. The evening at the Lumière was in aid of the Royal National Theatre Fund and the Aids Crisis Trust, and other stars turned out in profusion - to the delight of the chairman Sonia Sinclair's grandchildren Jessy Mond and Lucy Moorehead, who had an autograph-collecting bonanza. The historic atmosphere never flagged, as everyone moved on to the topiary-decorated National Portrait Gallery, where lutes and harpischords played. But the real star was Nigel Hawthorne. At the end of a lively and exhausting evening, je put his arm round organiser Lyn Rothman and said: 'I hope we've made you a lot of money.'